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UC Davis Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2022)

The annual performance review is a widely used performance management tool required by universities for administrative staff. Many supervisors and employees across all industries are dissatisfied with the conventional annual performance review, and it has been criticized for being resource-consuming and wasteful, potentially damaging to professional relationships, and even counter-productive to improving performance. This qualitative study examines the use of a novel, text-messaging-based technology to initiate light touch check-ins about performance among 28 employees and supervisors volunteers from three higher education institutions. This study assesses the impact of a new performance appraisal system and how to apply this new knowledge towards designing a more effective performance appraisal system. The results of this study indicate overall positive impressions using this alternative system, called TEAMMATES. However, study participants also make several important recommendations for enhancements to enable more flexibility and customization to produce a viable alternative or complement to the conventional annual performance review commonly in practice today.

    Cover page: A Novel Approach to Conducting Performance Appraisals for Staff Employees in Higher Education Settings: Developing and Implementing More Meaningful Performance Assessment Using Supportive Mobile Technology
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    UC San Diego Previously Published Works (2022)
    The COVID-19 global pandemic required the rapid development of vaccines with a quick start up of phase 1-3 studies with large enrollment targets. The University of California San Diego was identified as a site for the phase 3 trial of the mRNA-1273-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. There were many challenges with scaling up a large-scale clinical trial in such a short time. This report describes the processes and procedures that were implemented to successfully complete the enrollment target in under 10 weeks. This required the team to identify existing tools that could rapidly be accessed to develop a database, scheduling system, effective communication, document management, staff time tracking/efficiency, subject scheduling/tracking, project management, and accrual/study performance. The outcome of these efforts resulted in rapid enrollment and study completion in a short time. The lessons learned from this experience can be used by other clinical trial sites faced with similar challenges.
      Cover page: A framework and road map for rapid start-up and completion of a COVID-19 vaccine trial: A single clinical trial site experience
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